Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-26
FUTURE PROBATION.
Opinions of the Honorary Members @
the American Rna,6

1t having been said that the honorary
! members of the American Board might
not have voted on the question of future
probation as did the corporate members
the Boston Congregationalist has endeavored
to obtain their views on the subject. This
II did by sending ont the following circu-
lar, dated October 18th:
The question has been raised in many quar-
tiers whether the honorary members of the
American Board who were present at Spring
held would have confirmed the action taken by
the corporate members, had they had the op-
portunlty of voting on the questions presented
Desiring information on this point, We send this
circular letter to all whose names on the list
OF " male honorary members present" as given
III the Missionary Herald asking a response on
the Enclosed postal card to two questions, viz:
l.: DO you or do you not approve of the acton
OF the Board on the question relating to the
calling of ecclesiastical councils:
:; DO you or do you not approve of the gem
eral result as indicated in the action of the re-
port OF the committee on the home depart
ment?
No names viii be ufed in stating the result of
these inquiries.
The replies are thus summarized by the
paper: 1--WE sent out $40 of these re-
quests. We have received 452 replies
nearly SO per cent. of those present. OF
these 3 doubt the wisdom of answering: .
approve in general, but wish the board
could have some organic connection with
the churches; . approve of the result in
general, but would like to have the coun-
ellis decide on missionary fitness 10 APP
prove of all that was doEe, but think there
should be great endeavor at Cancellation
10 are not quite decided as to the first
question, but do not indorse the home de-
partment, and IS cordially approve of the
action about councils, but not of the in
dorsement of the home department. The
remaining 304 divide squarely as follows,
viz: Do not approve of anything done,
10; less than II per cent. Approve of all
that was done, 800; more than &c per
cent, or, classifying these a little more
densely, we have, in the main approx
ing, 1856, and as to some important
matter disappearing, 113 - majority
of 223. Or to look at the matter
from a little different point of view, had
the honorary members enjoyed the right of
voting with the corporate members on the
really test question of the occasion that
vote would have stood, in favor of the
home department, 49, to 156, a relative
proportion of not far from 70 to 26 per
cent We will only add, as it has been
imagined that Territorial influences would
show themselves in this result, that We
have taken pains to sift out the residences
of these 10 and 500 honorary members
who voted Internationally and squarely
the one way or the other, with the follow
ing result OF the IS, s live in Maine,
in New Hampshire, 2 in Vermont, 80 in
Massachusetts,, 2 in Rhode Island, q in
Connecticut, 8 in New York, l each in
Illinois, Ohio and Michigan and in Cal
ifornia. OF the 800, live in Maine, 81 in
New Hampshire, Is in Vermont, 155 in
Massachusetts, in Rhode Island, 81 in
Connecticut, % in New York, in New
Jersey, = in Pennsylvania, l each in South
Carolina, Florida, Iowa, Michigan and
Minnesota. . in Ohio and 8 in Illinnisu